Really? I assumed I should use longer stitches?

I started using it when a quilting buddy showed me how she did it..and the way they fold it..it's great for using on borders..especially around the corners!!

Once you do it you'll remember to make short stitches.
Try it both ways and see?????? It is a good way to see and learn......It also helps to hold on to the stitching ,to where you are pulling the paper from.....

Just teaching myself to FMQ and that would be a great help...
thanks again for the tip!!!!!!

When you are doing FMQ your feed dogs are down, so you control the stitch length. If you do it over paper you have to aim for tiny stitches so you can peel the paper easier. The problem, if you make a mistake tiny stitches are very hard to remove. Practice on something else before you try it on your quilt.

I think I'll take your advice;-). Thanks for the tip!

This is what I do. I have a pair tweezers handy when I pull off the paper to get those pesky little shreds of paper that want to stay on the quilt.

There's also a paper called Golden Threads Quilting Paper that works very well for this.

I would suggest you use a blunt needle with no thread and stitch the design first on the paper using a short stitch, then using a sharp needle, stitch the design on the quilt with thread.

This way you will have more holes to make it easier to remove the paper when you go to take it out.

I tried to do an embroidery (just an outline normal stitch) using regular computer paper and talk about a nightmare trying to remove the paper! I've since learned to prepunch the paper with the design so when I go to quilt it, I don't catch so much paper.

Good luck!

Sounds good